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Tarbaca Mountain Home RentalWed, 13 Sep 2017 21:18:08 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.233181956Redefining Affluencehttp://puravidaworld.com/2017/07/29/redefining-affluence/
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:05:08 +0000http://puravidaworld.com/?p=185Redefining Affluence I recently came across an article written by Tera Maxwell. It resonated with me on several different levels. For people that are thinking about living in Costa Rica or just visiting, it is a great read. She hits on several points that hit home with me. For her it was the Pacific Coast....Read More→

I recently came across an article written by Tera Maxwell. It resonated with me on several different levels. For people that are thinking about living in Costa Rica or just visiting, it is a great read. She hits on several points that hit home with me. For her it was the Pacific Coast. Redefining Affluence for me was high up in the mountains. Be sure to click on the link and read her incredible story.

]]>185Costa Rica Vacation Guidehttp://puravidaworld.com/2017/07/23/costa-rica-vacation-guide/
Sun, 23 Jul 2017 18:44:01 +0000http://puravidaworld.com/?p=176Costa Rica Vacation Guide Your Costa Rica vacation is so much more than just a destination. It is an interactive sensory experience. The country has an enormous array of environmental attractions. Some of these are majestic volcanoes, misty cloud forests, stunning river valleys, and hundreds of beaches along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Costa...Read More→

Your Costa Rica vacation is so much more than just a destination. It is an interactive sensory experience. The country has an enormous array of environmental attractions. Some of these are majestic volcanoes, misty cloud forests, stunning river valleys, and hundreds of beaches along the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Costa Rica has a fascinating ecological story, woven into the history of a peaceful and family-oriented culture.

Costa Rica is approximately the same size as West Virginia. With over 500,000 plant and animal species, Costa Rica is one of the world’s most biologically diverse countries. Scientists have estimated that close to 4 percent of the Earth’s species live in Costa Rica.

There are many places on the internet to get information about a Costa Rica Vacation. A very good place to start is at www.anywhere.com/costa-rica.

There are a few things that are important to know about Costa Rica before visiting. The following Costa Rica travel tips will help you better understand the country. The busiest travel times in Costa Rica are during Christmas and New Year’s, as well as the week leading up to Easter Sunday, which is known as Semana Santa, or “Holy Week.” If you plan to travel during these weeks you must book your vacation rental well in advance — but it’s a better idea to simply plan your visit to Costa Rica for another time.

Costa Rica’s unit of curency is the colon, which hovers between 560 – 580 colones/ $1 USD. U.S. dollars are widely accepted, provided the bill is not too large ($50 and $100 bills are rarely accepted). Hotels and tours generally list their prices in dollars. Compared to the rest of Central America, prices in Costa Rica are relatively high, due in large part to the country’s high standard of living. Typical Costa Rican food and produce is quite inexpensive, while imported products are priced similarly to U.S. prices. A typical Costa Rican breakfast and lunch will cost around 2000-5000 colones ($4-10).

Costa Rica is a peaceful country, and has not had a standing army since 1948. The government provides free education for citizens through the 11th grade, as well as healthcare. Citizens of Costa Rica enjoy a high standard of living — there is a 96 percent literacy rate and an average life expectancy of 78 years.

Costa Rica’s economy revolves around foreign investment and tourism. In the past decade Costa Rica has attracted businesses from the United States, including IBM, Dell, and Western Union. 25 percent of the country is devoted to national parks and reserves, and Costa Rica has put a stop to the deforestation.

Pura Vida World specializes in being a vacation rental property for people coming from the United States. We love the experience so much that we want other U.S. citizens to enjoy it as well.

]]>176Pura Vida World Vacationhttp://puravidaworld.com/2017/07/09/pura-vida-world-vacation/
Sun, 09 Jul 2017 21:27:52 +0000http://puravidaworld.com/?p=102We have spent about two weeks here at the house. We are amazed each day and night at the view up here on the mountain. We did something today that is something fairly simple but it is yet another detail of how wonderful it is to stay at Pura Vida World. It was lunch time...Read More→

]]>We have spent about two weeks here at the house. We are amazed each day and night at the view up here on the mountain. We did something today that is something fairly simple but it is yet another detail of how wonderful it is to stay at Pura Vida World. It was lunch time today and we decided to have taco salad and some leftover chicken tortilla soup I made yesterday. So as my wife was warming things up and preparing for lunch, I walked outside down to a few of the trees on the property. There are lots of fruit trees and several avocado trees here.

So I picked some ripe avocados and took them back into the house. We washed them and peeled and sliced them. Here is a picture of what is left after we took all the good stuff out.

We placed them in the chicken tortilla soup and on the top of the taco salad. What an amazing addition to the meal. You should also notice how green the lettuce is and how red the tomatoes are here. The vegetables and fruits are the best in the world. Each Saturday there is a “ferria”, farmers market, in Aserri just a 10 minute drive down the mountain. It runs each Saturday from 5 AM to Noon.

So here is the final pictures of our meal today. Chicken Tortilla Soup garnished with avocado with some corn bread on the side. And a beautiful taco salad with the avocado on the top. It was wonderful.

It was delicious or “muy rico”. Many people that have never been here wonder if the food is good or how they will like it. I will make this statement. When I go back home to Texas, I will really miss the food here in Costa Rica. It is simply amazing. The relaxed and friendly culture here along with the great food makes for a wonderful vacation here at Pura Vida World in Costa Rica.

]]>102San Andreas Costa Ricahttp://puravidaworld.com/2016/01/03/san-andreas-costa-rica/
Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:15:31 +0000http://puravidaworld.com/?p=67San Andreas Costa Rica We travelled down to San Andreas Costa Rica to see a beautiful part of Costa Rica. This is the area where some of the best coffee is grown in all of Costa Rica. This photo is down at the river bottom surrounded by coffee plants in San Andreas Costa Rica. So...Read More→

We travelled down to San Andreas Costa Rica to see a beautiful part of Costa Rica. This is the area where some of the best coffee is grown in all of Costa Rica.

This photo is down at the river bottom surrounded by coffee plants in San Andreas Costa Rica. So many beautiful red coffee beans just screaming to be picked. Coffee production in the country relies on cheap, seasonal labor: Nicaraguan immigrants are often employed on these plantations. Coffee cultivators in the country are paid very little, often as little as US$1.5 per basket picked, but the wages are not less than in many other industries of the Costa Rican primary sectors.[5] The berries are picked by the workers and are transported to processing plants to be washed and to remove the pulp around the beans. In Costa Rica the processing plants where this process is done are called beneficios but the effects of pulp removal may result in non-beneficial environmental effects (see below). The beans are then laid out to dry in the sun, then sorted according to size and shape. Although mechanical drying is gradually replacing manual labor in places, time consuming sun drying, and equipment are required to dry the wet seeds after pulping.[6] Then they are then sealed with a slight touch of acidity typical of Costa Rican coffee. This is my Land Cruiser that gets me to all kinds of crazy places. This was most definitely a crazy place to drive down into.

Here is where we walked down through many coffee plants to find this hidden gem. It is very beautiful.

]]>67Tarbaca Mountain Homehttp://puravidaworld.com/2015/09/13/tarbaca-mountain-home/
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 02:31:07 +0000http://puravidaworld.com/?p=14This amazing view was photographed sometime over the past few weeks. This is what you see every night from either the living room, dining room, front porch or front yard. http://www.vrbo.com/4039558ha